Black Mage

[Llugen]

so you want a 7%+3%+maybe con 10%, devotion 2% and TA 10% to make Blm superior? ^^'

devo, con & trickattack already push Blm - why should Blm get a selfbuff while all other utility are partywide?

A Magic Vuln would be a decent compromise at utility/selfishness, because healers and paladins and other magic damage (Raiton) would still benefit. Furthermore, having it apply from Blizzard IV especially would increase incentive to use it as intended no matter other procs/timings. This can also be a detriment if you get a bunch of lucky procs and the timer on it runs out, depending on the duration they would decide to give it.

The minor issue with this is that it unbalances Garuda even further, which she's already pretty much ignored in favor of sicfrit. RIP

[Remedi]

A Magic Vuln would be a decent compromise at utility/selfishness, because healers and paladins and other magic damage (Raiton) would still benefit. Furthermore, having it apply from Blizzard IV especially would increase incentive to use it as intended no matter other procs/timings. This can also be a detriment if you get a bunch of lucky procs and the timer on it runs out, depending on the duration they would decide to give it.

The minor issue with this is that it unbalances Garuda even further, which she's already pretty much ignored in favor of sicfrit. RIP

I think a fix could be ruin mastery proccing only from burning strike/wind blade (at a higher % ofc) and making radiant shield proc only from melee strikes but dunno if that'll be enough

[Llugen]

Currently my SMN friends and I are working on the math/the rotation to cycle between both ifrit and garuda to utilize both, especially since there is no longer any MP dump and resummoning costs almost nothing. But I digress.

I mentioned before that flat potency changes are not only boring, but potentially breaking. without careful thought. A magic vuln could hurt the class as much as it helps, if not done carefully (different timings with procs and such). Another thing I'd like to see is a BLM "meditate" like SAM's but it just holds astral/umbral at 13s and lets the polyglot timer continue ticking.